Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-19
They Tried To Hang Gietncr.
a LIVELY AND EXCITING FIGHT IN PrrrsBUR
SALOON.

SALOON.
PrrrsBURG, october IA number OF suits,
brought before Deputy Mayor Porter yesterday,
were the result OF decidedly novel fight early
Sunday morning, In Jno. Boehne's saloon on
Laurel avenue. Bloomfield Christ. Gietner, rest
Dent OF Bloomfield, was In the saloon with a num-
Der OF others AL being somewhat intoxicated q
quarrel arose, and Gietner was threatened with
hanging. He struck one OF his opponents and
they Immediately procured a rope, and, making q
moose, threw IL around Gietner's neck. The other
end OF the rope was passed through a ring In the
ceiling, and he was hauled from his feet and sus-
pended stransling In the air. AT this point Igna-
The rope. Immediately pitched battle ensued,
some taking part with Gietner and Pearl
were In the night. Clubs, knives, chairs,
and Eyeglasses were used as weapons
and two female members of the Boehne family,
Nary and Margaret Boehne, joined In. The lights
were finally extinguished and the battle ceased
All the Boehnes. John Wilson, Gietner, and Lewis
Pearl was picked up insensible, having a horrible
cut on the head AL the glassware and windows
IN the place were broken, and the furniture
their injuries dressed Yesterday Gietner sued
John and Lewis Boehne and Mary and Margaret
Boehne for aggravated assault and battery. Igna-
tus Pearl sued John BoeLne for aggravated as
sault and battery, claiming he had knocked him
nsenApie with a baseball bat Lewis Bates also
charged Pearl and Gietner with disorderly conduct
Brutal Murder Of an Aged Woman.
HE HEAD CRUSHED AND HER THROAT CUT BY ROB
BEKs, WHO SECURE 81 600 IN CASH.
CINCINNATI, october ia special TO the
Enquirer from Paducah, KY, says: The sparsely-
settled section OF Ballard County, 20 miles from
this place, Is greatly excited the fouest muir
der ever committed In West Kentucky, and armed
men are searching every nook and corner for the
murdererS Mrs stephen Moore was widow, aged
seventy, MIS- Moore lived In a comfortable farm
house with her sons Henry and James Despite
her ege she was active and vigorous and performed
her own housework- The sons left the house at @
O'Clock, going about their duties on tSe farm one
returned about 10 O'Clock The dishes were an
put away and the house was In order, but the aged
woman was lying In pool OF blood on the floor OF
the dining-room- The back OF her skull was
crushed, the left eye put out, and her throat cut
fron ear 70 ear, There was evidence OF a severe
struggle. The body was yet warm In the front
roou trunk containing 81, 900 was broken open
and the money gone Moore summoned his brother
and an alarm was given throughout the neighbor-
hood There was no clew whatever 10 the muir
qerers, but every suspicious character Is being
cioeeiy watched and detectives from Paducah have
gone to the scene. The MOoreS are well-to-do
farmers and had some money, though most OF the
money stolen belonged 10 a pedder named Sim
Harvey, who made his headquarters there, and
usually kept considerable cash there IL Is thought
the parties had followed Harvey 10 the place, III
the night parties are caught Judge Lynch VIII have
daylight hanging.